Armlet for infants



Aug. 9,1927.

, s. STANCIU ARML-ET FOR INFANTS Filed March 13, 1926 b Jun for,

Sre phen aren't/1g pose of preventing the infant from bending exceedingly 'diflicult to break them.--My im- 6 0 p thereof lie spaced from oneanothe'rand useful in such"instan'ces'm that it prevents 70 .20 the l tj thg m; hi h/la ing is from a sheet ofleather in the shape of a] t id 115 1 ledges where the' ml t substantiallycylindrical forina tion aswill-ta Patented Aug; 9, v

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. sTnPHENsTANoIu-or sr. swam-mason;

' ILARMLETJFQR INFANTS;

p macaw fil ed March 13,:19 2 G...-Seria1'No. 94,453. 4 My invention'relates to armlets for ina' marginal portion offthe armlet drawn to fants and has for its object to provide a de- I an enlarged scale. f -V1C6 which may be readily attached to the. Man'yinfants form the undesirable habit arm of an infant atthe elbow for the purof sucking their thumbs of which it becomes its arms sufliciently to bring its hand to its proved *armlet provides a n eans 'vvhereby. face. I V theinfan't is-prevented from the bending of- Another object is to provide a bodymernthe arrnjsufiiciently to carry its thumb to its ber of semi-pliable'leather or other suitable mouth. Furthermore, infants arefrecluent-v 1 material adapteo to be" bent longitudinally l V inflicted with skin diseases causingerup- 6o, around the arm of the infant buthaving suf tions upon the face whi'chit'ch and tempt iicient stifiiness to prevent transverse'bending the infant to'scratchy which practice causes thereof and informing saidbody member so infect-ions and retards the recovery of the that the longitudinal marginal portionsunfant'from' the disease armlet salso extend outwardly from the arm so as toperthe infant from briiliglilgyits hands into C011 "mitof free circulationof the blood. tact with its face. v v is A still further object of the invention re- The armlet s indicated in. its entirety at "sides in providing a. lacing for securing jA and consists of a body member 101cut,

threaded across "said marginal portions so as trapezoid as indicated in fl; having two. 7

tov leave an [opening medially" between V the parallel edges 11 and 12 and two converging ends of the'arnilet through which the elbow edges 13 and 14, the corners of thesame deslnay protrude for the purpose of preventignatecl' at 30, being r'oundedgoff." The, stock ing the sliding of the armletalong the al'lll. from Which he OCly fl e ib i 1 QU'QiS g A f t f h inv ti sid s i 113- preferably of sufhcient degreeofstiffness to. ducing the 'thi cknessof said body member pr v nt en lmg of't'he armlet trans-" along the end marginal portions ofthe' arm-, yersely and yet'of sufficient pliability to per- *let and of bending said porti s o twardly mit the same to be bent: longitudinally in terminates for the-prevention offinjury b p n y ib il- 1: 5' abrasion to the infantls arm. Along the marginal portions 16of the" Withthe foregoing and other objects in b dy. m r lw t e g g,

view; 'whic-h jwilliappear in the following lge 13', lipunch'anumberof holes-18,19, description, the invention residesin" the 1 2 1 1 11 ar ng d ill it 90 novel combination and arrangement of parts 11116 y g ub a y P l tosaid ed and in the details of constructionjherein- 13 and inw i' y I hO B 18, afterdescribedand:claimed. I I I 1 20 are herrclosely spaced 11 6 15; Ch i th j pe ific form of my men; substantially. the same distance apartf-and i 40 tion, as herein disclosed, maybeniade withlikewise t 1101889132 n i h holes I. i

I in the scopeof what is" claimedwithout de- 2O and 21 are, I however, n1ore remotely. parting from the spirit of my invention I' spaced than the' distance between any-of the I In the drawingsillustrating myinVen-L other holes for a purpose soonptobe 6X7. 7 tion: 7 j plaine'dfAlong the marginal portion-l7 of v f Fig. 1 is a perspective'view ofan embodi: body member. 10 adjacent itheyedge "1e are '100' [ment of my invention. p 5 provided holesley 25,265, 27,, and29, .Fig. -2. 's alongitudinal sectional View of Wh'la'h Q i t hre p w dg the structure illustrated in" 1 showing 14: and toioneanother the-same"astheholes the same as applied to an arm illustrated in 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and'23, justmentioned,

dotted lines as being partlybent." In using my improved farmlet the bodyflos Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the demember.10 is bent to-take the form 11111 f. vice. I p I v 1 v trated in Fig. 1 and alaoihgSlthreaded Fig.4 is a plan view. of .a'blank 'of'the through ,the variousholes along the marstock from which the armlet' is formed. ginal portions 16 andv 17 thereof to cause .55 V isa fragmentary sectional view of said lacing to extend across the edgesilg CJI over the arm of the infant and is positioned (with the elbow of the infant between the portions of the laceindicat-e'dfat' 32 and 33.

Lacinglll is then tightened to bring the 'armlet; to fit around the infants arln shown in Fig." 3 and the end 34secured in place. It will be noted that when so arranged the edges 13 and 14- do' notenga-ge it the armbut extend outwardly therefrom in- 1 such a manneras to holdthe lacing 31' away from the arm prop-er. This allows the blood-to circulate freely through the arm so as vto offer no discomfort' to the wearer.

' VVhent-he bending of the elbow is initiated,

V the lacing 31 is brought in contactwith the infants arm and particularly the portions 7 32 and 33 thereof whichca-tch below and above the elbow and prevent the armlet from' being displaced; The infant does not become, fatigued in the use of the device due to the holding "or its elbow in a. sub jstantially fixed position as the armlet, when I lacedas indicated infFig'. 3,.permits of bending the elbow sufliciently to relax the muscles,iwithout allowing thehand to reach the face. i.

1T0 prevent'the chafing or irritation to-the.

infants arm from the end, edges and 11 I of t-hearmlet A, the marginal portions 35 Cand 36 of body member 10 adjacent the edges 10 and 11 are formed as sliown in de- .tail in Fig. 5-. p This is accomplished by cuttin g away the inner surface, of the marginal portions 35 and 36 so as to gradually reducethe thickness of the body member '10 T towards'the edgesll and 12 thereof and by turning the same over and stretching said :5; marginal-portions along their thinnest portions so as to produce in effect a rolled edge along the end portions of the armlet. These jedges will in no manner irritate the in-j fants arm, whethei7 the I armlet is applied over the infants clothing or directly upon the arm. 1 For the rations 37',and 38 alongthe marginal portions: 16 and 17 thereof and rows ofperfora- I tions 39 and 40 along the marginal portions 35 andg36. These perforations prevent the 'armletfrom becoming.uncomfortable to the wearer through perspiration being, howwardly from the arm elongated body I V purpose of ventilation, theb'o dy member lOis'provided with rows of perfov outwardly to. form place upon the arm.

with the infants face in'its endeavors to bring its hands in proximity thereto.

My improved armlet is exceedingly simple 'in'construction and may be easily applied When and attached to-the arm of an infant. properly appliedit prevents the infant from brin 'in hELDClS t0 face Without lV- a t: b

ing it the least discomfort or annoyance.

Changes in the specliic form of my 111- tion, as herein disclosed, may be made with in the scope of what isclaimed ,without departing from the spirit of my'invention.

l-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. An armlet for infants comprising an elongated-body member of semi-pliable material adapted to be bent longitudinally thereof around the arm andf'elbow', said member being of, suflicient stiffness to preventthe bending thereof transversely, the longitudinal marginal portions thereof terminating in spaced relation to'one another,

a'nd a; lacing between said marginal porj tions, adjacent reaches of said lacing being spaced sufliciently medially of saidbody' member to provide a space for the protrusion of the elbow, said ad acent reaches of said lacing serving to engage-the arm above 1 and below the elbow to hold the armlet from it sliding along the arm. 7 v

An armlet for nfants comprising an elongated body memberor semi-pliable inaterial adapted to be bentlongitudinally thereof around the arm and elbow, ,said

member being of suflicient-stilfness to pre vent bending in a transverse direction, the longitudlnal edges of said member'falling short of one another and protruding out to leave a free space therebetween into which the elbow'ma'y ex it tend, and means for holding the edges of said member in proper relation;

SJAn armlet for infants comprising an leather adapted to be bent longitudinally thereof around the arm and elbow, said member beingofsufiicient stiffness to prenember 1 of semi-pliable vent bending in a transverse directiointhe end marginatportions of said body memher being reduced in thickness and turned pliablev protective edges, and means for attaching said member in In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

TSTEPHEN sTANom;

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